Census Watch

List of Organizations AGAINST and SUPPORTING the Government’s Position on the cancellation of the Long Form of the 2011 Census.

This alphabetical list is a work in progress.  It is continuously being updated.  At the Bottom of this table you will find references to media roundups, a list of  lists and actions as they are discovered.  Do share!

[Updated Sept.  3, 00:37 EST] Also thank to Compte sur moi ! where many of the pdf letters are posted!

Organizations & Individuals AGAINST the Government Decision

Organizations & Individuals SUPPORTING the Government Decision

Alberta Health Services, CEO Dr. Stephen Duckett Alberta Professional Planners Institute Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services Alliance canadienne des personnes retraitées Ancestry.ca Anglican Church of Canada / Église anglicane du Canada Anne Johnston Health Station Association des statisticiennes et statisticiens du Québec Association du Barreau canadien / The Bar Associate of Canada Association of Canadian Economist / Association canadienne des économistes Association des Soeurs du Canada Association canadienne francaise pour avancement de science (ACFAS) Association féminine d’éducation et d’action sociale (AFEAS) Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas) Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA) Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA) / Association des cartothèques et des archives cartographiques du Canada Association of Educational Researchers of Ontario Association of Municipalities of Ontario / Association des municipalités de l’Ontario Association ontarienne des chercheurs et chercheuses en éducation au ministre Clement (AERO) Association of Ontario Health Centres Association of Public Health Epidemiologists in Ontario (APHEO) / Association ontarienne d’épidémiologie et desanté publique Atlantic Provinces Economics Council / Conseil économique de province de l’atlantique Larry Bagnell, MP Yukon BC Library Association BC Chamber of Commerce BC Government Employee Union (BCGEU) Black Creek Community Health Centre BC Non Profit Housing Association BC Government and Service Employees’ Union Bloc Québécois Burlington Chamber of Commerce Burnaby Family Life C.D. Howe Institute Caledon Institute of Social Policy / Institut Caledon des Politiques Sociales Calgary Herald (Editorial) Calgary and Red Deer City Planners Canada Census Committee Canadian Association of Professional Employees Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) / Centre canadien pour des politiques alternatives Canada West Foundation Canada Without Poverty Advocacy Network Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) / Alliance canadienne des étudiants (CASA) Canadian Anthropology Society / Société canadienne d’anthropologie (CASCA) Canadian Association for Business Economics (CABE) / Association canadienne des économistes d’affaire Canadian Association of Geographers / Association canadienne des géographes Canadian Association of Journalists / Association canadienne de journalisme Canadian Association of Midwifes (CAM) Canadian Association of Public Data Users (CAPDU) / Association canadienne des usagers de données publiques Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) / Association canadienne des librairies de recherche Canadian Association of Retired People (CARP) Canadian Association of Social Workers (CASW) Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) / Association canadienne des professeurs d’université Canadian Chamber of Commerce Canadian Conference of the Arts Canadian Council on Social Development / Conseil canadien du développement social Canadian Catholic Council of Bishops & here Canadian Economics Association Canadian Evaluation Society / Association canadienne d’évaluation Canadian Federation of Demographers / Association canadienne des démographes Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences / Fédération canadienne des sciences humaines et sociales Canadian Federation of Independent Business / Fédération canadienne des entreprises indépendante Canadian Federation of Students Canadian Restaurant and Food Services Association Elizabeth Hanson, Yukon NDP Leader Canadian Historical Association / Société historique du Canada Canadian Housing and Renewal Association Canadian Institute of Actuaries / l’Association canadienne des actuaires Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers Canadian Institute of Planners / Fédération canadienne des urbanistes & Statement by Marni Cappe Canadian Index of Wellbeing Canadian Islamic Congress Canadian Jewish Congress / Congrès Juif Canadien Canadian Labour Congress / Congrès canadien des travailleurs Canadian Library Association Canadian Marketing Association / Association canadienne de marketing Canadian Medical Association Journal Canadian Medical Association Canadian Mental Health Association Canadian Network of Metropolis Centers / Réseau canadien des centres Metropolis Canadian Nurses Association / Société des infirmières du Canada Canadian Population Society / Association canadienne de population Canadian Public Health Association / Association canadienne de santé publique Canadian Research Data Network Centre / Réseau des centres de données de recherche Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CSEB) / Société canadienne d’épidémiologie et de statistiques Canadian Sociology Association / Association canadienne de Sociologie Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) / Syndicat Canadien de Fonction Publique (SCFP) Canadian Urban Institute / Association canadienne de développement urbain Canadian Women’s Foundation Capital Regional District (in B.C.) Mel Cappe, former Clerk of the Privy Council Carleton University Graduate Student Association (GSA) Carleton University Undergraduate Student Association (CUSA) Carleton University Academic Staff Association (CUASA) Catholic Civil Rights League Central Toronto Community Health Centres Centre francophone de Toronto Centre for Study of Living Standards / Centre de recherche pour niveau de vie Centre interuniversitaire québécois des statistiques sociales / CIQSS-QICSS / Quebec Inter-University Centre for Social Statistics Chinese Canadian National Council Children’s Aid Society of Toronto Cities Centre – University of Toronto Research Institute Cityspaces Consulting Ltd. Citizens Engaging Democracy, Newmarket-Aurora City of Burnaby City of Brampton City of Calgary City of Charlottetown City of Edmonton City of Fredericton City of Greater Sudbury City of Hamilton City of Kelowna City of Kitimat City of Langley City of Laval City of Mississauga City of Montreal City of North Vancouver, and Minutes City of Merritt City of Montreal City of Ottawa City of Prince George City of Red Deer City of Spruce Grove City of Surrey City of Toronto, and other info. City of Vancouver City of Vernon City of Victoria Collectif de bibliothécaires du Québec (Jo-Ann Belair, Annie Bérubé, Stéfano Biondo, Joë Bouchard,Chantal Beauregard, Pierre Carrier, Pierre Chicoine, Nancy Drolet, Alain Gendron, Catherine Jalbert, Guy Julien, Christian Lacroix, Dominique Lapierre, Marie-Denise Lavoie, Louise Leblanc, Sonia Léger, Véronique Paré, Normand Pelletier, Marcel Plourde, Gaston Quirion, Rose-Marie Racine-April et Chantal St-Louis) Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada / Fédération Canadienne des Coopératives de Logement Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse Commissariat aux langues officielles Community Development Halton (Ontario) Community Development Council Durham Community Foundations of Canada Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria Confédération des associations étudiantes de l’Université Laval (CADEUL) Conseil consultatif sur la condition de femme du Nouveau-Brunswick Concordia Student Union Conference Board of Canada Conference des Lecteurs et Principaux des University de Quebec / Conference of Rectors and Principals of Quebec Universities (Association of Universities in Quebec) Conférence régionale des élus (CRÉ) de Laval Conseil permanent de la jeunesse (CPJ) Conseil des agences servant les immigrants Conseil Québécois des Coopératives et des Municipalités Conservative MP James Rajotte Cornwall Agape Centre Daily Bread Food Bank (Toronto) Davenport Perth Community Health Centre Département de démographie of Université de Montréal District of Nipissing Social Service Admin Board Doctors Nova Scotia Don Drummond; former chief economist of TD bank, former ADM of Finance Economic Development Association of British Columbia (EDABC) Edmonton Journal, Editorial Evangelical Fellowship of Canada / Alliance Évangélique du Canada Environics Analytics Fair Share Peel Family Service Association of Toronto Research, Evaluation and Planning Family Service Toronto Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC Fédération canadienne de démographie Fédération des associations étudiantes du Campus de l’Université de Montréal (FAÉCUM) Fédération des chambres de commerce du Quebec Féderation des Communautés Francophones et Acadiennes du Canada (FCFA) Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec Fédération étudiante collégiale du Québec (FECQ) Federation of Canadian Municipalities / Fédération canadienne des municipalités Fédération étudiante universitaire du Québec (FEUQ) Fédération Québécoise des Professeurs et Professeures d’Universités Greg Finnegan, director of the Yukon Bureau of Statistics Dr. Robin Fitzgerald, Research Fellow, Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance, Griffith University, Canadian Scholar Downunder Four Villages Community Health Centre Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU) Ivan Fellegi, Former Chief Statistician, Statistics Canada Tom Flanagan, University of Calgary French Language Services Commissioner of Ontario / commissaire aux services en français de l’Ontario Glendon School of International and Public Policy Globe and Mail Editorials Stephen Gordon, economist Université Laval Government of Nunavut Frank Graves, EKOS Research (polling) Greater Halifax Partnership Greater Victoria Community Indicators Network Green Party of Canada / Parti vert du Canada Grey County Halifax Chronicle-Herald, Editorial Halton, Region of Hamilton’s Settlement and Integration Services Organization Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction Hamilton Community Foundation Headwaters Communities in Action (HCIA) The Hill Times editorial Alex Himelfarb, former Clerk of Privy Council Imagine Canada Information and Communications Technology Council Institut de statistiques Quebec / Statistical Institute of Quebec Institute for Research on Public Policy Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami / Association nationale Inuit (du Canada) JJ McCullough Kevin Milligan, economist at University of British Columbia Liberal Party of Canada / Parti Libéral du Canada Lumina Research Valuation and Advisory Services Maclean’s Magazine (Articles) Marketing Research and Intelligence Association (MRIA) / Association de la Recherche et de Intelligence Marketing (ARIM) Roger Martin, Rotman School of Management Patricia J. Martens PhD, Director, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy; CIHR/PHAC Applied Public Health Chair; Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba Martin Prosperity Institute Dr. McKeown, Medical Officer of Health, City of Toronto Kelly McParland (editor of Full Comment, the National Post) Medical Health Officers Council of Saskatchewan Metcalf Foundation Métis National Council (MNC) Metropolis British Columbia Metro Vancouver (AKA GVRD) Metro Vancouver Housing Committee Mike Moffatt David Murakami Wood, Queen’s University Nanos Research (polling) National Council of Women of Canada (NCWC) National Post Editorial National Specialty Society for Community Medicine National Statistics Council (French Statement) / Association statistique du Canada Nature International Editorial New Democratic Party of Canada / Nouveau Parti Démocratique du Canada New Heights Community Health Centres North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit North Western Ontario Municipal Association Oak Park Neighbourhood Centre Office of the Ombudsmen, City of Toronto Official Language Commissioner Ontario Chamber of Commerce Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants Ontario Council of University Libraries Ontario deputy finance minister Peter Wallace Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association (OPNHA) Ontario-Municipal Social Services Association (OMSSA) Ontario Professional Planners Institute Ontario Public School Boards Association Opportunities Waterloo Region Orillia Packet and Times (Editorial) Dr. Sylvia Ostry, Former Chief Statistician Ottawa Citizen Editorial PARC (Toronto) Peel, Regional Municipality Peel Children’s Aid / Aide à l’enfance région de Peel Peel Poverty Action Group (PPAG) Peterborough’s medical officer of health Pickard &Law Firm Pillar Nonprofit Network Planning Council of Cambridge and North Dumfries (Cambridge,Ont.) Planning Institute of British Columbia (PIBC) Blake Poland, Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto John Pliniussen, Queen’s University Poverty Free Halton Valerie Preston, director of CERIS research centre on immigration and settlement issues York University Prentice Institute at University of Lethbridge The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada Province of Manitoba Province of New Brunswick Province of Ontario Province of Ontario – Office of Francophone Affairs Province of Prince Edward Island Province of Quebec Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) Quebec Community Groups Network Queen’s University Queer Ontario John Rafferty, MP Research Centre on Digital Inclusion / Centre de recherche et d’expérimentation sur l’inclusion numérique (CREIN) Regent Park Community Health Centre Region of Waterloo Regional Planning Commissioners of Ontario Registered Nurses Association of Ontario Richard Florida, University of Toronto Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO) / Alliance de la construction résidentielle et civile de l’Ontario Royal Society of Canada Rural Ontario Institute (ROI) St. Joseph’s Health Centre St. Stephen’s House Saskatchewan Students’ Union (USSU) Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention Services (SAVIS) Munir A. Sheikh, Former Chief Statistician of Canada Martin Simard,  laboratoire LERGA, Département des sciences humaines et CRDT, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi Simcoe County Andrejs Skaburskis, Queen’s University Social Planning Council of Kitchener-Waterloo Social Planning Council of Ottawa Social Planning Council of Sudbury Social Planning Network of Ontario Social Planning Toronto Social Planning Council of Winnipeg Social Policy in Ontario Société franco-manitobaine Société de l’Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick Social Development Council of Cornwall and Area (SDC) South Riverdale Community Health Centre SPARC BC (Social Planning and Research Council of BC) StarPhoenix [Saskatoon ] Editorial Statistical Society of Canada Statistics Canada Advisory Committee Statistics Canada Advisory Committee on Demographic Statistics and Studies / Comité consultatif sur les études et les statistiques démographiques de Statistique Canada Sudbury Star, Editorial Surrey Board of Trade (BC) Syndicat des employés internationaux unis (SEIU) Table régionale des organismes communautaires autonomes en logement de Laval (TROCALL) Tasha Kheirridin Toronto Association for Business Economics Toronto Board of Trade Toronto Board of Health Toronto Immigrant Employment Data Initiative (TIEDI) Toronto Public Health / Directeur de santé publique de Toronto Toronto Star Editorial Toronto Social Research and Data Consortium (30 health, community and multi-service social agencies) Toronto Women’s Housing Co-op Town of Caledon Town of Halton Hills Town of Milton Town of Smith Falls Transportation Association of Canada / Conseil du transport urbain du Canada Ukrainian Canadian Congress / Congrès Canadien Ukrainien United Church of Canada United Steelworkers United Way of Calgary United Way of Canada United Way of Kitchener-Waterloo and Area United Way of Greater Simcoe County United Way Toronto Université de Toronto Urban Public Health Network Urban Futures Vancouver Board of Trade Volunteer Toronto Waterloo, Region of Waterloo Students Planning Advisory Wellesley Institute West Hill Community Services West Toronto Support Services Winnipeg Regional Health Authority WoodGreen Community Services Women’s Hands Community Health Centre York Community Services

National Citizens Coalition census The Fraser Institute Lorne Gunther and Ezra Levant, National Post Canadian Taxpayers Federation Toronto Sun editorial Terence Corcoran, Columnist National Post Red Deer MP Earl Dreeshen Kenora Mayor, Len Compton The Province Newspaper Rafe Mair, Columnist Mark Warawa, Langley MP

Other Lists:

1. pabsta aka Pier-Andre Bouchard St-Amant maintains a fabulous list of ceux qui Appuis au questionnaire long obligatoire
2. CAPDU: List of media stories from CIQSS at l’Universite de Montreal
3. David Eaves: Save the Census Coalition
4. Professional Coalition
5. CIQSS-QICSS
6. Census Supporters Numerous
7. gordbot Mathematicians don’t buy lottery tickets
8. The Toronto Star: Full Coverage
9. Just a tad more than Mounties, Beavers and Maple Syrup: Letters from and to tony

Other Media Round Ups:

• Compte sur moi!
• Progressive Economics Forum
• The Norther Harrier (Learned blog posts)
• pabsta aka Pier-Andre Bouchard St-Amant
• Canadian Council on Social Development
• CIQSS-QICSS
• Macleans
• Worthwhile Canadian Initiative
• Canadian Social Research Links
• Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Actions:

1. Social Planning Council of Toronto: Save our Census
2. New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women Take Action et En action; A woman’s View & Le point de vue d’une femme
3. Caledon Institute of Social Policy:  Stand up for good government, MPs*
4. Canadian Council on Social Development:  Toolkit
5. Community Dispatch: Changes To 2011 Census Threaten Community Data and
6. Citizens Engaging Democracy, Newmarket-Aurora
7. Vote on the Digital Strategy Submission: Reinstate the Census Long Form
8. Letter Writing: Canadian Institute of Planners
9. Petition: Keep the Canadian Census Long Form Petition
10. Facebook Page: Keep the Canadian Census Long Form
11. Opinion: Survey

This list was initially compiled by W. T. Stanbury (wstanbury@prodigy.net.mx) and Armine Yalnizyan, Canadian Centre for Policy Analysis and now it expanded as a result of numerous contributors from individuals across the country. I have also merged information from the list of lists above. I get articles from web crawls, #census #statcan #cdnpoli, blogs and what people send.